Say the words ‘optometrist’ or ‘eye clinic’ to a group of people and most of them will think of eyeglasses or contact lenses and nothing more. In fact there is a great deal more available at your Green Bay, WI eye clinic than meets the eye, you might say. Aside from basic issues like farsightedness, nearsightedness and astigmatism, the practitioners at your eye clinic treat quite a number of diseases and conditions of the eye, including cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, dry eye syndrome, keratoconus and macular degeneration, as well as injuries like embedded foreign particles, retinal trauma and retinal hemorrhaging.
Except for injuries, many diseases and conditions simply occur as we grow older. There are some disorders, however, that we and our children are born with, and your Green Bay, WI eye clinic seeks to address these as well. The practice of treating such disorders is known as Vision Therapy, or Orthoptics. If the tern Vision Therapy sounds a lot like Physical Therapy, it’s because that’s exactly what it is – Physical Therapy for the eyes.
Non-refractive disorders which respond well to Vision Therapy can be hard to diagnose because someone who has had one all of his or her life assumes that it is normal to see that way. For this reason, along with standardized testing, the symptoms and problems of each individual patient must be carefully scrutinized by the practitioner. A rough example of individual needs is provided by such problems as learning disabilities. Vision Therapy in this case cannot cure them, but if your child appears to have a learning disability, suspect a vision problem and make an appointment at your Green Bay, WI eye clinic right away. Think of how many children in times past must have been labeled as being stupid when all that was wrong with them was a vision problem!
Once the problem has been diagnosed, Vision Therapy uses a combination of specialized devices, equipment and exercises to treat it. The success of the treatment relies heavily on the patient, since it usually includes an exercise regimen that must be followed at home repeatedly before the next visit to the Green Bay, WI eye clinic. A lazy patient who short-changes the program at this point only short-changes him- or herself.
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